Chapter 374: Preseason, Rhythm Issues
On October 8, the first game of the Bulls' preseason game kicked off at the Chicago Union Center.
The Bulls' opponent tonight is the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have three top picks.
Because a few years ago, the Cavaliers drafted a champion pick and brought his talent to other teams, and now the Cavaliers undoubtedly pay more attention to the character of the player.
For example, Irving, who traces his roots and respects his ancestors, Bennett, who is very polite, and Wiggins, who smiles when he meets everyone.
Of course, character aside, the knights must still have merit in choosing them as the champions.
Irving has better ball control and more accurate shooting than James, Wiggins can run and jump better than James, and as for Bennett, he is still still polite.
So, even though it's just a preseason, Bennett is still on the bench watching the other two top picks play.
As for the original champion of the Cavaliers, because he has not won the championship, he has no chance to return to his hometown for the time being.
Last season, the Heat reached the Finals, but it was still because the Big Three injured a Bosh, and the main rotation Haslem was also injured, which was just a little bit worse, so they failed to win the championship.
In the past few seasons, the championship teams with stars often have all kinds of problems, and they can't beat the teams that train their rookies to compete for the championship.
This also leads to the questioning of the super-strength of a two-time MVP.
In this case, either choose to go to the bad team in the small ball market to be the boss, or you can only stay with the Heat to continue to compete for the championship.
Therefore, in the offseason, the Heat Big Three chose to stay with the Heat on a two-year short-term contract and continue to attack the championship.
This also means that the Cavaliers, who are also charging towards the championship goal, are still relatively young in the main lineup and are not too competitive.
Doon returned to the NBA's first preseason game against such a team, which undoubtedly allowed Doon to adapt to the pace of the game more quickly.
"Doon is warming up! Thank you so much, we've seen the United Center appear in Doon again! ”
"Doon is looking for a feel, it doesn't look very accurate now, maybe in the game, Doon will give us a different feeling."
"It's almost time to start, Doon will start tonight, how much time will he play? It's really exciting! ”
The on-site narrator of the United Center unfolded a series of topics around Doon.
Until Doon arrived on the sidelines to prepare for the game, he was still chattering.
And the fans at the scene, although they can't hear the voice of the live commentary, are also like the commentators, always pay attention to Doon.
The game started quickly, and White's athleticism helped the Bulls steal the ball first.
The fans immediately rang out: "Doon, Doon, Doon!" ”
There is no doubt that the fans want Doon to get the ball and start his first offensive attack with the ball in the game.
The Bulls players on the court did not disappoint the fans on the field, Curry played point guard, and he didn't need much ball, what Curry needed was the right shot and the right amount of space to catch the ball.
As for the shot space, with Curry's personal ability, he can solve it on his own.
In other words, the Bulls guard is relatively weak this season, and Doon mainly played the second position before retiring, so it is normal to come back and return to play the second position.
So, when Doon got to the frontcourt, he received a pass from Curry.
On the Cavaliers' side, they sent the new champion show Wiggins as the leader to defend Doon's first offense.
"Andrew, you're too light! If you want to guard me, you have to jam my waist, but now the rules, you can't do it to me. ”
Doon pointed Wiggins and carried him to the three-point line.
The first time he faced Wiggins, Doon tried it and found that it was not difficult to scare Wiggins.
Although Wiggins' core strength is good, his body is too thin.
The most direct gap in strength cannot be made up by talent alone.
Besides, Wiggins is better at running and high jumping, and strength is not his real strength.
If it is a regular season, Doon directly hits the center of gravity with his back, turns around and breaks through, and he will burst to the basket.
That is, in the unimportant preseason, you can play patiently, and by the way, you can point out the rookie who has just entered the NBA.
Seriously, Doon likes to play and develop, and he still has a good impression of a player like Wiggins, who is talented but not competitive, and is more suitable for being a tool man.
If there is a chance, it may not be bad to wait for Wiggins to be raised by the Cavaliers, and then to buy the dip.
However, when Doon returns to the NBA this season, he still needs to regain his feeling by playing on behalf of the player.
More on the next few seasons!
I saw that after Doon pointed Wiggins, he suddenly accelerated, stopped suddenly, got up quickly, shook Wiggins away, and then grabbed the ball in his right wrist and strode to the basket.
The reason why the Cavaliers have signed so many champions in recent years is because the defense is not good!
Not to mention that it's still pre-season, and the defense is even more loose.
Doon seized the opportunity and came up with a one-handed folding buckle.
“MVP,MVP,MVP!”
Doon came up and ignited the whole court one by one, and the players on the Cavaliers' side also didn't serve for a long time, and it seemed that together with the fans, they were all appreciating Doon's attack just now.
Waiting until the volume of the cheers on the scene subsided slightly, Owen walked to the baseline and motioned for his teammates to serve.
It's just that now Owen doesn't know how to win, and he basically plays by himself when he gets the ball.
In the face of Curry's defense, Irving suddenly started to accelerate in strides near the halfway line.
In the entire NBA, the big stride acceleration move is rarely used, because Wei Shao is explosive, and the opponent does not pay attention, Wei Shao will speed up and clean up the defenders in front of him.
Owen isn't known for his explosiveness, but his big stride acceleration is also unique, and that is the addition of hip hesitation.
As a small defender, Irving is not tall and has a relatively low center of gravity.
But the core strength is very terrifying, and the crotch is often too fast to react.
The vast majority of players, realizing that Owen turned his hips and wanted to slow down to prevent Owen from turning around and breaking through or changing direction, Owen had already completed his hesitation and continued to break through in a straight line, and often began to accelerate.
In this case, the defender is often stuck half a step behind Irving because he didn't follow Irving's first move, and then he never could keep up.
If you're a front-line player, you can also rely on your reach to block Irving's layup from behind.
However, Curry defends Irving, so he can only retract the small short hand that dunks are difficult to dunk early.
is also because it is a preseason game, the Bulls are not so serious on the inside, and after Irving accelerates past Curry, he shoots straight to the basket and pulls the rod for a layup.
Compared with Wade's breakthrough that is so fast that people can't see it clearly, Owen's breakthrough belongs to making people see all the feints clearly, and even seems a little redundant.
However, either way, being able to make a breakthrough is good technology.
Under Irving's solo play, the Cavaliers withstood the pressure at the beginning of the game.
The Bulls are an Eastern Conference Finals-level team, and it stands to reason that the preseason game against the Cavaliers is still in hand.
However, in the first five minutes of the game, the difference between the two teams hovered between 5 and 7 points.
It wasn't until after Doon's break that the scales began to tilt.
In fact, Doon scored a lot of points, and the efficiency was not bad, playing six minutes in the first quarter, he shot 3 of 4 and scored 6 points.
The problem is that Doon hasn't played in the NBA for a year, and he has a little less grasp of the pace of NBA games.
And when he came back to play with the men's basketball team before, he thought it would be assimilated and polluted.
On the Bulls' side, since Doon debuted, the whole team has been playing around Doon.
On the contrary, everyone had to accommodate and adapt to Doon's rhythm of play, so they couldn't find a comfortable feeling, and they didn't play very well.
So, Doon's scoring stats are not bad, but the rest of the Bulls are not doing well.
As soon as Doon got off the court, the Bulls players regained the feeling of playing before, and they played all of a sudden.
After watching the ball on the bench for a while, Doon slowly realized it.
After all, a veteran with seven championship rings, Doon knows how to read games and how to match his teammates.
But it will take some time to get back to your former self...... (End of chapter)